| 单词 | conjunction |
| 释义 | conjunction (once / 817 pages) 1n 2n "Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up words and phrases and clauses." These lyrics from Schoolhouse Rock sum it up: a conjunction is all about joining things together. The words and, but, and or are conjunctions, linking words and phrases together to form sentences. Other kinds of conjunctions bring groups together, such as organizations working in conjunction to present a big event; or bring objects together, like a conjunction in a house's plumbing system where pipes meet. Conjunction could also mean things happening at the same time, such as free Schoolhouse Rock screenings that are presented in conjunction with a National Grammar Day celebration. WORD FAMILYconjunction: conjunctions, conjunctive+/conjunctive: conjunctively, conjunctives USAGE EXAMPLESWednesday’s action also established a commission comprised of the federal Agriculture and Interior departments that will oversee the land in conjunction with tribes. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Greece is currently on its third rescue program, paid by its partners in the 19-country eurozone and monitored in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) Still, those words provide a notion of Trump’s self-image and, in conjunction with his Twitter tirades, a rough contour of his China strategy. The New Yorker(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1n the state of being joined together Syn|Hypo|Hyper colligation, conjugation, junction anastomosis, inosculation a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous synapsethe junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle myoneural junction, neuromuscular junctionthe junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies unification, union the state of being joined or united or linked 2n something that joins or connects Syn|Hypo|Hyper junction contact, tangency (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact jointjunction by which parts or objects are joined together barrier strip, junction barriera junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs splice, splicinga junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together thermojunctiona junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears ball-and-socket jointa joint that can rotate within a socket butt, butt jointa joint made by fastening ends together without overlapping breaker point, distributor point, pointa contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs electrical contactcontact that allows current to pass from one conductor to another flexible joint, hingea joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other hinge joint, knuckle jointa joint allowing movement in one plane only lap joint, splicejoint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together miter, miter joint, mitre, mitre jointjoint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner mortise joint, mortise-and-tenon jointa joint made by inserting tenon on one piece into mortise holes in the other p-n junctionthe junction between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor rabbet jointa joint formed by fitting together two rabbeted boards scarf, scarf jointa joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end seamjoint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces short, short circuitaccidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference sound bowcontact (the part of a bell) against which the clapper strikes pole, terminala contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves toggle jointa joint made by two arms attached by a pivot; used to apply pressure at the two ends by straightening the joint treadthe part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground welda metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together contact arm, wiper, wiper armcontact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion an instrumentality that connects 3n an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences Syn|Hypo|Hyper conjunctive, connective, continuative coordinating conjunction a conjunction (like `and' or `or') that connects two identically constructed grammatical constituents subordinate conjunction, subordinating conjunctiona conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause closed-class word, function word a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning 4n the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction 2Hypo|Hyper coordinating conjunction the coordination by conjunction of linguistic units of the same status subordinating conjunctionthe subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another copulative conjunctionthe conjunctive relation of units that expresses the addition of their meanings disjunctive conjunctionthe conjunctive relation of units that expresses the disjunction of their meanings adversative conjunctionthe conjunctive relation of units that expresses the opposition of their meanings grammatical relation a linguistic relation established by grammar 1n the temporal property of two things happening at the same time Syn|Hypo|Hyper co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence concomitance occurrence or existence together or in connection with one another overlapthe property of partial coincidence in time contemporaneity, contemporaneousnessthe quality of belonging to the same period of time unisonoccurring together or simultaneously simultaneity, simultaneousness happening or existing or done at the same time 2n (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac Syn|Hypo|Hyper alignment inferior conjunction (astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the same side of the sun superior conjunction(astronomy) the alignment of the Earth and a planet on the opposite side of the sun encounter, meeting a casual or unexpected convergence |
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